[wellylug] cdrom transplant on old laptop

[Jp Wise]

LOL. Congrats.  I did come accross the firmware option aswell but the 
CSEL pin 47 seemed to be a bit more of a generic change that should work 
with most drives. : )

Jp.

Bill Christiansen wrote:
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>     Thanks for the links guys, looks like it can be done both ways but
>     the firmware option seemed complex and was using unofficial hacks
>     so I decided it was les risky to go for a small dab of solder
>     bridging pins 45 & 47 of the connector. It's damn fine stuff
>     though, needed a sharp point on the soldering iron and a
>     magnifying glass to see what I'd done but it worked great - back
>     to being a master and bootable :)
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